ITN June 2020
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Insights
- Protecting Against Investor–State Claims Amidst COVID-19: A call to action for governments, by Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, Sarah Brewin & Nyaguthii Maina
- Valuing Fossil Fuel Assets in an Era of Climate Disruption, by Kyla Tienhaara, Lise Johnson, & Michael Burger
- Why Do States Consent to Arbitration in National Investment Laws?, by Tarald Laudal Berge & Taylor St John
- The Treaty on Sustainable Investment for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: A model to steer international law toward renewable energy investments and the low-carbon transition, by Sofia de Murard
- Morocco’s New Model BIT: Innovative features and policy considerations, by Hamed El-Kady & Yvan Rwananga
- Domestic Procedures for the Payment of Damages by States in Investment Arbitration, by Affef Ben Mansour
News in Brief
- European Commission Releases Guidance for FDI Screening in Response to Global Pandemic
- Director-General of the World Trade Organization steps down unexpectedly
- EU Releases Proposal for ECT Modernization
- EU Member States Sign Agreement to Terminate Intra-EU BITs While German Investor Brings Claim Against the Netherlands Under the ECT
- USCMA to Enter into Force on July 1 Following Canada’s Rushed Ratification Earlier This Year
- COVID-19 Pandemic Pushes Back Start Date for AfCFTA Entry into Force
- Investment Facilitation Talks: WTO member group considers new consolidated text
Awards and Decisions
- ICSID tribunal declines jurisdiction ratione voluntatis over claims brought against Iraq under the OIC Investment Agreement (Itisaluna Iraq LLC and others v. Republic of Iraq, ICSID Case No. ARB/17/10), by Maria Bisila Torao
- ICSID tribunal rejects intra-EU jurisdictional objection and upholds jurisdiction over mass claim (Theodoros Adamakopoulos and others v. Republic of Cyprus, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/49), by Marios Tokas
- An HKIAC Tribunal Dismissed the Claims by U.S. Citizen Jin Hae Seo Against South Korea for Lack of Jurisdiction (Jin Hae Seo v. Republic of Korea, HKIAC Case No. HKIAC /18117), by Yashasvi Tripathi
- All claims rejected on merits in Lidercón’s case against Peru: Changing regulatory framework and judicial decisions did not breach the FET standard (Lidercón, S. L. v. Republic of Peru, ICSID Case No. ARB/17/9), by Anna Sands
- ICSID tribunal decides Ukraine did not violate due process in reclaiming three land plots from British investors (Krederi Ltd. v. Ukraine ICSID Case No. ARB/14/17), by Marios Tokas